Interpreting Folklore..". Dundes has produced a work which will be useful to both students and teachers who wish to broaden their understanding of modern folklore." -- Center for Southern Folklore Magazine "It is impossible ever to remain unimpressed with [Dundes'] excursuses, however much one may be in disagreement (or not) with his conclusions." -- Forum for Modern Language Studies Often controversial, Alan Dundes's scholarship is always provocative, perceptive, and intelligent. His concern here is to assess the material folklorists have so painstakingly amassed and classified, to interpret folklore, and to use folklore to increase our understanding of human nature and culture. |
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Page 193
... castration ( 1938 : 924 , n.1 ) and further studies have amply confirmed the phallic symbolism of teeth ( cf. Darlington 1929 ; Kanner 1928 ) . A Greek myth of male procrea- tion ( Motif A 1265 , Men created from sown dragon's teeth ) ...
... castration ( 1938 : 924 , n.1 ) and further studies have amply confirmed the phallic symbolism of teeth ( cf. Darlington 1929 ; Kanner 1928 ) . A Greek myth of male procrea- tion ( Motif A 1265 , Men created from sown dragon's teeth ) ...
Page 246
... castration of the father by the son would , like the virgin birth , be an ultimate expression of the son's repudiation or rejection of his father . The relationship of castration to the hero pattern , however , is not always attached to ...
... castration of the father by the son would , like the virgin birth , be an ultimate expression of the son's repudiation or rejection of his father . The relationship of castration to the hero pattern , however , is not always attached to ...
Page 251
... castration , results in a loss of strength . Samson is also blinded , and blindness often serves as an expression of symbolic castration . Oedipus , after killing his father and marrying his mother , self - inflicts blindness - just as ...
... castration , results in a loss of strength . Samson is also blinded , and blindness often serves as an expression of symbolic castration . Oedipus , after killing his father and marrying his mother , self - inflicts blindness - just as ...
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Texture Text and Context | 20 |
The Curious Case of the Widemouth Frog | 62 |
A Folkloristic Reflection of | 69 |
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